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entirely inoffensive lady -refused to give the said Anderson & others to .drink, and they threatened her with cocked revolvers -. - All such· outrages alltho. complained of, no notice was taken of them Horses and mules, and any ·other articles - useful for the: Troops ~ were taken, for some a paper was given as an acknowledg- ment, in the most cases - not even that. - Mr. Priest U. S. Consul had like every other foreigner to pay as a Contribution as his part one hundred and Fifty Dolls he protested against it as others did. - Cattle was taken from the neighboring cattle estates, and it was a. proverbial saying of the filibusters "I am now in the Comissary dept.,. that is to say I am cattle stealing- Offences that in California are, punished with the gallows, here they were considered an honorable· employ. - Juan Errato, a peruvian by birth but a naturalized american Citizen, whose business was a baker in San Juan del Sur was accused by an envious neighbour of [Endorsed] Memorial of some of the outrages during the "reign of horror''" of Wm. Walker. Drawned by H. Gottel - confidential - and not finished. No. 2720 [1858f, W. R. C.•WEBSTER] WHEELER'S MISTREATMENT' OF CAPTAIN MORETON AND OF WEBSTERH Captain Moreton - a United States Citizen - I believe hailing from Bost.on, - was up to June 1856 one of the most respected Sea Captains. trading on the Pacific Coast between Panama, & Gutamala - In 1855- or 1856 he purchased for his own account an American Schooner - which was formerly a pilot Boat, at San Fransisco Calfn - She was named the San Jose - he took out proper Sea letters from the U S Consulate at Realejo - had on board an American crew, & when off' the Coast of Nicaragua he was compelled thro' distress of weather, to run in San Juan for repairs - Walker, seized the said Schooner, &, confiscated the same with Cargo which Capt Moreton valued @ • $7000 - Moret.on protested against such an outrage before the Amer-• ican ViceConsul @ San Juan - Mr C Fitzgerald he then proceed to Granada, to lay the matter before Col Wheeler U S Minister, - Mr Wheeler refused to listen to Moret.on giving him the following- answer - What General Walker does is Law, & I can not hear you Sir, - Moreton was informed, that, if he publicly made any complaint, he would be shot - he then applied to Mr Wheeler for a pasport to, leave Nicaragua - this Mr. Wheeler refused after several applica- tions - Moreton was detained a prisoner in Granada, with the knowl- edge of Mr Wheeler for 5 months - he afterwards managed to reach San Salvador, a ruined man, & through the assistance of some friends: reached the Isthmus of Panama, when he once took immediate occasion to lay this outrage & robbery before the State Dept at Washingt.on -
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